[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 249 (Monday, December 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 74272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25390]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-802]


Extension of Time to Submit Comments Concerning the Initialed 
Draft Amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping 
Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') and the 
Russian Federation's Federal Atomic Energy Agency (``Rosatom'') have 
initialed a draft amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping 
Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation (``Suspension 
Agreement''). See Initialed Draft Amendment to the Agreement Suspending 
the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation; 
Request for Comment, 72 FR 68124 (December 4, 2007) (``Draft 
Amendment''). On December 20, 2007, Power Resources, Inc. (``PRI'') and 
Crow Butte Resources, Inc (``CBR''), U.S. producers of uranium 
concentrates, requested a one-week extension to the comment period 
outlined in the Draft Amendment. The Department is granting this 
request in full.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Sally C. Gannon at (202) 482-0162, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 30, 1992, the Department suspended the antidumping duty 
investigation involving uranium from Russia on the basis of an 
agreement by its government to restrict the volume of direct or 
indirect exports to the United States in order to prevent the 
suppression or undercutting of price levels of U.S. domestic uranium. 
See Antidumping; Uranium from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, 
Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan; Suspension of Investigations and 
Amendment of Preliminary Determinations, 57 FR 49220 (October 30, 
1992).
    The Suspension Agreement was subsequently amended, by agreement of 
both governments, on March 11, 1994, October 3, 1996, and May 7, 1997. 
See, respectively, Amendment to Agreement Suspending the Antidumping 
Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation, 59 FR 15373 
(April 1, 1994); Amendments to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping 
Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation, 61 FR 56665 
(November 4, 1996); and Amendment to Agreement Suspending the 
Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation, 62 FR 
37879 (July 15, 1997). On July 31, 1998, the Department notified 
interested parties of an administrative change with respect to the 
Suspension Agreement. See Agreement Suspending the Antidumping 
Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation, 63 FR 40879 (July 
31, 1998). On November 27, 2007, the Department and Rosatom initialed a 
new draft amendment to the Suspension Agreement.

Extension Request

    The Department provided parties with thirty days from the 
publication date of the Draft Amendment in the Federal Register to 
submit comments on the proposed amendment. The Draft Amendment 
published in the Federal Register on December 4, 2007, and, therefore, 
comments were due on January 3, 2008. On December 20, 2007, PRI and CBR 
requested a one-week extension to the deadline for submitting comments 
on the proposed amendment. PRI and CBR stated in their submission that 
the complexity of the Suspension Agreement and Draft Amendment, coupled 
with the December holiday, necessitate additional time for PRI and CBR 
to review and analyze the Draft Amendment and submit meaningful 
comments.
    For the reasons stated in PRI's and CBR's submission, the 
Department is granting this request in full. The comments on the Draft 
Amendment are now due on January 10, 2008.

    Dated: December 21, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-25390 Filed 12-28-07; 8:45 am]
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